Nigeria’s Customs Service says it is deploying artificial intelligence and digital intelligence tools aimed at countering fake news and online scams that it says could harm its public image. The service says the effort focuses on identifying and responding to misleading online content and scam activity connected to its work.
Accounts differ mainly in where and how the announcement is framed. The Punch reports that the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, disclosed the plan in a statement issued in Abuja, relayed through a customs spokesperson. Vanguard says the Comptroller-General, Adewale Adeniyi, raised the move at the NECCIPR Roundtable 2026 in Lagos, describing it as the start of deploying AI and data-tracking tools. Both outlets present the initiative as a step by customs to protect its reputation amid online misinformation and scams, without detailing specific operational systems or results.
